Springdale borough insurer pays $98,000 in cop-on-cop lawsuit

A Pittsburgh suburb's insurer has paid $98,500 to settle a lawsuit filed by an Allegheny County police officer against local cops he claims roughed him up then filed false charges against him.

Fifty-one-year-old Raymond Hrabos, the county cop, lives in Springdale -- the borough he sued.

Hrabos claimed Officer Mark Thom drew his gun while he argued with Officer John Walls, when both local officers were in a pickup blocking traffic on a street narrowed due to snow plowing in February 2011.

Hrabos was charged with misdemeanor and summary offenses, all of which were later dropped or dismissed.